January 1

Mercury Moves into Capricorn

New Year’s Day

January 3

First Super Full Moon of 2026

Full Moon in Cancer (also known as Holiday Moon, Moon after Yule, Wolf Moon, Old Moon, Snow Moon, and the Storm Moon)

January 6

Dia de los Reyes, Epiphany/Feast of the Epiphany, Feast of the Theophany, Three Kings Day

January 17

Venus moves into Aquarius

January 18

New Moon in Capricorn 

January 19

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Sun moves into Aquarius

January 20

Mercury moves into Aquarius

January 23

Mars moves into Aquarius

January 26

Neptune moves into Aries

January 27

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

February 1

Full Moon in Leo (also known as the Budding Moon, Hunger Moon, Ice Moon, and the Snow Moon)

Mercury Retrograde Prelude Period begins 

Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot/Tu B’Shevat/New Year of the Trees

February 2

Candlemas, Groundhog Day

Imbolc 

February 3

Eclipse Prelude Period begins 

Uranus goes Direct at 27° Taurus

February 6

Mercury moves into Pisces

February 10

Venus moves into Pisces

February 13

Saturn moves into Aries

February 14

Saint Valentines Day

February 16

Lundi Gras

President’s Day

February 17

Annular Solar Eclipse at the New Moon: The Sun and the New Moon are conjunct at 28° Aquarius. They are part of a large, rolling Stellium involving Mars at 19° Aquarius, Venus at 08° Pisces, the North Node at 09° Pisces, and Mercury at 16° Pisces.

Chinese New Year: The Year of the Fire Horse (rapid, major life changes; passion; and independence)

Lunar Imbolc

New Moon in Aquarius

Ramadan begins at sunset (ends on March 18)

February 18

Ash Wednesday

Lent begins (ends April 2)

Losar/Tibetan New Year

Sun moves into Pisces

February 25

Mercury Retrograde Prelude Period ends

Mercury Retrogrades at 22° Pisces

Late February 2026 brings another major planetary alignment. A rare visual grouping including Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune forms an arc in the night sky. 

March 2

Mars moves into Pisces

Purim/The Festival of Lots begins at sunset

Ta’anit Esther/The Fast of Esther

March 3

Full Moon in Virgo (also known as the Crow Moon, Crust Moon, Lenten Moon, Sleepy Moon, Sap Moon, Seed Moon, and Worm Moon)

Purim/The Festival of Lots ends at sunset

Shushan Purim begins at sunset

Total Lunar Eclipse at the Full Moon: a massive, rolling stellium involving Mars at 00° Pisces, the North Node at 08° Pisces, a Retrograde Mercury at 20° Pisces, Venus at 26° Pisces, Neptune at 01° Aries, and Saturn at 02° Aries.

March 4

Holi (India)

Shushan Purim ends at sunset

March 6

Venus moves into Aries 

March 8

Daylight Savings Time begins (ends November 1)

International Women’s Day

March 10

Jupiter goes Direct at 15° Cancer

March 12

Aztec (Mexika) New Year

March 15

Mothering Sunday (United Kingdom and Ireland)

March 17

Saint Patrick’s Day

Eclipse Shadow Period Ends

March 18

Eid-al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) at sunset 

New Moon in Pisces

March 20

Mercury goes Direct at 08° Pisces

Mercury Retrograde Shadow Period begins

Spring Equinox/Ostara

Sun moves into Aries

March 25

Conceptio Christi/the Feast of the Annunciation, the Feast of the Incarnation, 

Lady Day (Scandinavia) 

March 29

Palm Sunday

March 30

Venus moves into Taurus

March 31

Cesar Chavez Day

April 1

April Fool’s Day

Full Moon in Libra (also known as the Egg Moon, Fish Moon, Growing Moon, Hare Moon, Paschal Moon, Peony Moon, Pink Moon, and the Sprouting Grass Moon) 

April 2

Lent ends

Maundy Thursday

Passover/Pesach begins at sunset (ends April 9)

April 3

Good Friday

April 5 

Easter Sunday

April 9

Mars moves into Aries

Passover/Pesach ends at Sunset

April 10

Siblings Day

April 13

Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)

Mercury Retrograde Shadow Period ends

April 14

Mercury moves into Aries  

April 15

Tax Day

April 16

Emancipation Day

April 17

New Moon in Aries

April 19

Sun moves into Taurus

April 20

Yom Hazikaron (Israel’s National Memorial Day) begins at sunset

April 21

Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day) 

Yom Hazikaron (Israel’s National Memorial Day) ends at sunset

April 22

Earth Day

April 23

Venus moves into Gemini

April 24

Arbor Day

April 24–26

Earth Day Celebration in Santa Barbara

April 25

Uranus moves into Gemini

May 1

Beltane 

First Full Moon in May

Full Moon in Scorpio (also known as the Corn Planting Moon, Dragon Moon, Dyad Moon, Flower Moon, and Milk Moon)

International Worker’s Day, Lunar Beltane

May Day

Walpurgisnacht 

May 2

Mercury moves into Taurus

May 5

Cinco De Mayo

May 6

Pluto Retrogrades at 5° Aquarius

May 10

Mexican Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day

May 16

Armed Forces Day

First Super New Moon of 2026

New Moon in Taurus

May 17

Mercury moves into Gemini

May 18

Mars moves into Taurus

Venus moves into Cancer

May 20

Sun moves into Gemini

May 21

Shavuot begins at sunset

May 22 

Shavuot ends at sunset

May 25

Memorial Day 

May 31

Full Moon in Sagittarius (also known as the Honey Moon, Lotus Moon,  Mead Moon, Rose Moon, and the Strawberry Moon)

Second Full Moon in May or an Astronomical Black Moon

June 1

Mercury moves into Cancer

June 5

Mercury Retrograde Prelude Period begins

June 13

Venus moves into Leo

June 14 

Flag Day

New Moon in Gemini

Second Super New Moon of 2026

June 16

Al-Hijra/Islamic New Year begins at sunset

June 19

Chiron moves into Taurus

Juneteenth

June 21

Father’s Day

Litha/Midsummer/Summer Solstice 

Sun moves into Cancer

June 28

Mars moves into Gemini

June 29

Full Moon in Capricorn (also known as the Full Buck Moon, Hay Moon, Hungry Ghost Moon, Thunder Moon, and the Wort Moon)

Jupiter moves into Leo

Mercury Retrograde Prelude Period ends 

Mercury Retrogrades at 26° Cancer

July 1 

Canada Day

July 3-4 

Independence Day Holiday

July 7

Neptune Retrogrades at 04° Aries

July 9

Venus moves into Virgo

July 14 

Bastille Day

New Moon in Cancer

July 22

Sun moves into Leo

Tisha B’av begins at sunset

July 23

Mercury goes Direct at 16° Cancer

Mercury Retrograde Shadow Period begins 

Tisha B’av ends at sunset

July 26 

Saturn Retrogrades at 14° Aries

July 29

Eclipse Prelude Period Begins

Full Moon in Aquarius (the Barley Moon, Grain Moon, Green Corn Moon, Harvest Moon, Red Moon, and the Sturgeon Moon) 

Lunar Lammas/Lughnassa

August 2

Lammas/Lughnassa

August 3 

Chiron Retrogrades at 00° Taurus

August 6 

Venus moves into Libra

August 9 

Mercury moves into Leo

August 11

Mars moves into Cancer

August 12

New Moon in Leo

Total Solar Eclipse at the New Moon: The Sun and New Moon are conjunct at 20° Leo, and loosely conjunct Jupiter at 09° Leo and Mercury at 05° Leo. The Sun and Moon are opposing a retrograde Neptune at 04° Pisces.

August 16

Mercury Retrograde Shadow Period ends

August 22

Sun Moves into Virgo 

August 25

Mercury moves into Virgo

Women’s Equality Day

August 27

Full Moon in Pisces (the Barley Moon, Chrysanthemum Moon, Corn Moon, and the Harvest Moon) 

Partial Lunar Eclipse at the Full Moon: The Sun is at 04° Virgo, conjunct Mercury at 05° Virgo. The pair is opposing the Moon at 04° Pisces and the North Node at the Anorectic and most powerful degree of 29° Aquarius. Both pairs are squaring Uranus at 05 ° Gemini.

September 7

Labor Day

September 10

Eclipse Shadow Period Ends

Mercury moves into Libra

New Moon in Virgo

Uranus Retrogrades at 05° Gemini

Venus moves into Scorpio

September 11

Patriot Day

Rosh Hashanah, the Day of Judgement and Atonement and onset of the Days of Awe, begins at sunset

September 13

Grandparent’s Day

Rosh Hashanah ends at sunset

September 17

Chiron moves into Aries

September 20 

Yom Kippur begins at sunset

September 21 

Yom Kippur ends at sunset

September 22

Autumnal Equinox/Mabon

Sun moves into Libra

Mabon

September 25

Sukkot begins at sunset 

September 26

Full Moon in Aries (the Blood Moon, Hunter's Moon, Kindly Moon, and the Travel Moon)

September 27

Mars moves into Leo 

September 30

Mercury moves into Scorpio

October 2

Sukkot ends at sunset

Shemini Atzeret begins at sunset

October 3

Venus Retrogrades at 8° Scorpio

Shemini Atzeret ends at sunset

Simchat Torah begins at sunset

October 4 

Mercury Retrograde Prelude Period begins

Simchat Torah ends at sunset

October 10

New Moon in Libra

October 12

Indigenous People’s Day 

October 15 

Pluto goes Direct at 03° Aquarius

October 23

Sun moves into Scorpio

October 24

Mercury Retrograde Prelude Period ends

Mercury Retrogrades at 20° Scorpio

October 25

Full Moon in Taurus (also known as the Beaver Moon, Frosty Moon, Hunter’s Moon, Kindly Moon, Oak Moon, and the White Moon)

Venus moves into Libra

October 31

Samhain/Halloween/Hallomas/All Hallow’s Eve

November 1 

All Saints Day, 

Daylight Savings Time ends

La Dia de los Muertos begins

November 2

All Soul’s Day, La Dia de los Muertos ends

November 3 

Election Day 

November 8

Diwali

Lunar Samhain

New Moon in Scorpio

November 11 

Remembrance Day, Veteran’s Day 

November 13

Mercury goes Direct at 05° Scorpio

Mercury Retrograde Shadow Period begins

Venus goes Direct at 22° Libra 

November 21

Sun moves into Sagittarius

November 24

Full Moon in Gemini (also known as the Bitter Moon, Cold Moon, Long Night(s) Moon, and the Moon before Yule)

Second Super Full Moon of 2026

November 25

Mars moves into Virgo

November 26

Thanksgiving Day

December 3
Mercury Retrograde Shadow Period ends

December 4
Hannukah begins at sunset 

Venus moves into Scorpio

December 6

Mercury moves into Sagittarius

December 7

Pearl Harbor Day

December 8

New Moon in Sagittarius

December 10

Saturn goes Direct at 7° Aries

December 12

Hannukah ends at sunset

Jupiter Retrogrades at 27° Leo

Neptune goes Direct at 01° Aries

December 20

Asarah B’Tevet, or the Fast of Tevet

December 21

Sun moves into Capricorn

Winter Solstice/Yule

December 23

Full Moon in Cancer (the Cold Moon, the Long Night(s) Moon, the Bitter Moon, and the Moon after Yule)

Third Super Full Moon of 2026

December 24 

Christmas Eve

December 25 

Christmas Day

Mercury moves into Capricorn

December 26 

Boxing Day

Kwanzaa begins

December 31

New Year’s Eve